Courtois slams fans

14.15: Thibaut Courtois has slammed Chelsea fans for their reaction to another poor performance.

Chelsea were booed off after drawing a third game in a row and missing the chance to move second in the table.

“I know we as a team didn’t have a good game, it was our third goalless draw, but we need the fans here at Stamford Bridge to get behind the team and not, when a player has a bad pass or a bad shot, start booing and whistling. I don’t think we’re playing a bad season,” the goalkeeper told Chelsea TV.

Conte blames fixtures

10.30: Antonio Conte has blamed the fixture scheduling for his side’s poor performance against Leicester.

Chelsea were shut out for the third game in a row and the Italian thinks his players are being asked too much of.

“I think to find an excuse or alibi, today we paid for our effort against Arsenal,” said Conte.

“To play on Wednesday and then against a really good, physical team like Leicester, after only two days, is tough. We played with almost the same players as we did against Arsenal.

“My plan was to play with one team against Norwich and then these last two games with the same team. I saw a lot of players who were very tired.

“We suffered a lot in the first half and at the start of the second half. When I decided to put on fresh energy (Pedro and Willian) the game changed. We tried to create chances to score without suffering defensively and win the game, but in the end I think the result was fair.”